How to Close a Wattpad Account

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Are you looking to delete or close your Wattpad account? While Wattpad is a fantastic online writing community, you may be wanting to delete your account and move on. This wikiHow article teaches you how to close your Wattpad account using a web browser. You can't close your account using the mobile app or a mobile web browser, so you'll need to be near a computer.

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    Go to https://www.wattpad.com/home and log in. You can use any desktop computer web browser to close your account including Chrome, Safari, and Firefox.
    • You can't use the app or a mobile browser to close your account.
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    It's in the top right corner of the web browser and will prompt a menu to drop down. [1]
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    You'll see this near the bottom of the menu. [2]
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    It's a red button on the right side of the "Settings" page. [3]
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    You'll have to select a reason to explain why you're leaving and type a response to "What could we have done better".
    • That information is mandatory for a few reasons: to give Wattpad a better picture of what makes users leave and to show that it's really you closing the account instead of a bot.
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    Please close my account." It's a checkbox below the mandatory fields. [4]
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    This is to further verify that you're closing the account instead of someone else.
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    You'll be able to click on this once you finish filling in everything else on the page. [5]
    • Sign in with your username and password again and the account will be reactivated.
    • Don't sign in to see if your account has been closed because signing in will reactivate it again. Instead, go to https://www.wattpad.com/user/yourusername (insert your Wattpad username at the end of that link in place of "yourusername") and look for the "User not found" message. [6]
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      References

      1. ↑ https://support.wattpad.com/hc/en-us/articles/201456110-Closing-your-Wattpad-account
      2. ↑ https://support.wattpad.com/hc/en-us/articles/201456110-Closing-your-Wattpad-account
      3. ↑ https://support.wattpad.com/hc/en-us/articles/201456110-Closing-your-Wattpad-account
      4. ↑ https://support.wattpad.com/hc/en-us/articles/201456110-Closing-your-Wattpad-account
      5. ↑ https://support.wattpad.com/hc/en-us/articles/201456110-Closing-your-Wattpad-account
      6. ↑ https://support.wattpad.com/hc/en-us/articles/204056400-Reopening-reactivating-account

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      1. Go to https://www.wattpad.com/home and log in.
      2. Click your username.
      3. Click Settings .
      4. Click Close Account .
      5. Fill in the required information.
      6. Click to check the box next to "Yes, I'm sure. Please close my account."
      7. Enter your password.
      8. Click Close Account .

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